Curtis Scaparrotti

Curtis Scaparrotti (5 March 1956-) was a General of the US Army who was in command of US Forces Korea and served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe under NATO.

Biography
Curtis Scaparrotti was born on 5 March 1956 in Logan, Ohio, United States, and he graduated from West Point in 1978. He rose through the ranks during peacetime, holding many staff positions and unit commands. Scaparrotti was given command of US Forces Korea in August 2013, replacing James D. Thurman, and he was appointed as the new Supreme Allied Commander Europe in the spring of 2016 to succeed Philip M. Breedlove. On 22 April 2016, as Cold War II intensified, Scaparrotti announced that he supported the deployment of a brigade to Eastern Europe to provide security against Russia in the case of an invasion.